In an unhinged and rambling White House appearance, Trump said that he is declaring a national emergency to build his wall while also ranting about a variety of other topics.
Trump first lied about trade with China:
Trump begins his #FakeTrumpEmergency announcement with a lie filled incoherent rant about China. pic.twitter.com/BThTrVCOvF
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 15, 2019
Trump ranted about the stock market:
Trump goes off on a rant about the stock market, #fakeTrumpemergency pic.twitter.com/BS9IrZb8n5
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 15, 2019
The president steamed about Beto O’Rourke drawing a bigger crowd than he did in El Paso:
Trump is still annoyed that Beto O'Rourke drew a bigger crowd than he did, so now he is raving about his crowd in El Paso. #FakeTrumpEmergency pic.twitter.com/CTe3Ksnq7F
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 15, 2019
Trump tried to justify his national emergency with a claim that immigrants are invading America:
Trump tries to justify his wall by claiming immigrants are invading America. #FakeTrumpEmergency. pic.twitter.com/uhBQQPnXA9
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 15, 2019
He also called for the death penalty for drug dealers and did a racist impression of a Chinese person:
Trump wants to give drug dealers the death penalty and make America more like China. #FakeTrumpEmergency Notice Trump's racist impression of a Chinese person. pic.twitter.com/n7LQOHZ6Rz
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 15, 2019
Trump also claimed that Obama deserves zero credit for the economy:
Trump says Obama deserves zero credit for the economy, as the president is now speaking gibberish. #fakeTrumpEmergency pic.twitter.com/yXuoVBuYMA
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 15, 2019
Trump convinced the country that he is crazy, not that there is a national emergency
Trump couldn’t make an argument for a national emergency, so he ranted about everything else that was bothering him. Trump claimed that the violating the Constitution by taking money away from where Congress appropriated it was no big deal, and he generally showed s severe state of mental decline that instead of enabling, Republicans in the Senate should be moving immediately to block Trump’s planned emergency declaration.
Trump proved that he is the national emergency and that Congress must act to block the unhinged and unconstitutional actions of this president.
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